[evincarofautumn]

Just to advocate for the devil here, I think some advice is predicated on a shared model, between the giver and the taker, of how things work. If you don’t buy the model, then you probably won’t deeply understand or agree with the arguments that would get you from the model to the thesis.

[noshbrinken]

I definitely appreciated this early warning to get off the ride.

[Textarcana]

While I appreciate the spirit of what you are saying, the average time on page of 3 minutes 45 seconds (across 2k uniques) indicates most visitors are continuing past the paragraph you claim would be problematic.

[swsieber]

Devils advocate: Do you know what the average time is to read the entire thing is? If it's 7.5 minutes, then one possible explanation is that your audience is split (50/50). Median time would be a much better indicator.

[Textarcana]

Yep. I spend a lot of time qualifying and hedging on these ideas in the work I do for software organizations. These blog posts are my opportunity to just lay my true opinions out for people and see what happens :)